4 files changed, 8 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/provider/host/parsed.rb b/lib/puppet/provider/host/parsed.rb
index 2ba01a41c..1a2bdb460 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/provider/host/parsed.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/provider/host/parsed.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ require 'puppet/provider/parsedfile'
 hosts = nil
 case Facter.value(:operatingsystem)
 when "Solaris"; hosts = "/etc/inet/hosts"
+when "windows"
+  require 'win32/resolv'
+  hosts = Win32::Resolv.get_hosts_path
 else
   hosts = "/etc/hosts"
 end
diff --git a/spec/unit/provider/host/parsed_spec.rb b/spec/unit/provider/host/parsed_spec.rb
index fa41d82e5..9cb5890cc 100755
--- a/spec/unit/provider/host/parsed_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/provider/host/parsed_spec.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require 'puppet_spec/files'
 
 provider_class = Puppet::Type.type(:host).provider(:parsed)
 
-describe provider_class, :fails_on_windows => true do
+describe provider_class do
   include PuppetSpec::Files
 
   before do
diff --git a/spec/unit/type/host_spec.rb b/spec/unit/type/host_spec.rb
index 145fb27ab..602c428af 100755
--- a/spec/unit/type/host_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/type/host_spec.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ describe host do
 
   end
 
-  describe "when validating values", :fails_on_windows => true do
+  describe "when validating values" do
     it "should support present as a value for ensure" do
       proc { @class.new(:name => "foo", :ensure => :present) }.should_not raise_error
     end
diff --git a/spec/unit/type/resources_spec.rb b/spec/unit/type/resources_spec.rb
index 5e9396b24..f596968d3 100755
--- a/spec/unit/type/resources_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/type/resources_spec.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ describe resources do
     end
   end
 
-  describe "#generate", :fails_on_windows => true do
+  describe "#generate" do
     before do
       @host1 = Puppet::Type.type(:host).new(:name => 'localhost', :ip => '127.0.0.1')
       @catalog = Puppet::Resource::Catalog.new
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ describe resources do
           @resources.generate.collect { |r| r.ref }.should_not include(@host1.ref)
         end
 
-        it "should not include the skipped users", :'fails_on_ruby_1.9.2' => true do
+        it "should not include the skipped users", :'fails_on_ruby_1.9.2' => true, :fails_on_windows => true do
           res = Puppet::Type.type(:resources).new :name => :user, :purge => true
           res.catalog = Puppet::Resource::Catalog.new
 
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ describe resources do
           end
         end
 
-        describe "when the instance's do not have an ensure property" do
+        describe "when the instance's do not have an ensure property", :fails_on_windows => true do
           it "should not be included in the generated resources" do
             @no_ensure_resource = Puppet::Type.type(:exec).new(:name => '/usr/bin/env echo')
             Puppet::Type.type(:host).stubs(:instances).returns [@no_ensure_resource]